Le Tombeau de Couperin

This article is about the Ravel piano composition. For George Balanchine's 1975 ballet, see Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet).

Cover of the first printed edition designed by Ravel himself

Le Tombeau de Couperin (The Grave of Couperin) is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. The piece is in six movements, based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the memory of a friend of the composer (or in one case, two brothers) who had died fighting in World War I. Ravel also produced an orchestral version of the work in 1919, although this omitted two of the original movements.